CVE-2019-11708

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-11708
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-23 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-08-15 18:15:00 UTC
DescriptionInsufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.665320000 probability, percentile 0.985230000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-05-23; due 2022-06-13; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-20

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorMozilla
ProductFirefox and Thunderbird
NameMozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11708

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 60.7.2 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 67.0.4 and Firefox ESR 60.7.2 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Firefox Windows 64-Bit Chain Exploit ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500412 Alpine Linux Security Update for mozjs60
  • 500918 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 501201 Alpine Linux Security Update for mozjs68
  • 504783 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 710148 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-12)
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